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Pope Benedict XII

1280 - 1342

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Pope Benedict XII (Latin: Benedictus XII, Italian: Benedetto XII, French: Benoît XII; 1285 – 25 April 1342), born Jacques Fournier, was a cardinal and inquisitor, and later, head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1334 to his death, in April 1342. He was the third Avignon pope and reformed monastic orders and opposed nepotism. Unable to remove his capital to Rome or Bologna, Benedict started the great palace at Avignon. He settled the beatific vision controversy of Pope John XXII with the bull Benedictus Deus, which stated that souls may attain the "fullness of the beatific vision" before the Last Judgment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Benedict XII is the 176th most popular religious figure (up from 198th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from France (up from 193rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Religious Figure.

Pope Benedict xii is most famous for his role in the resistance against Nazism and the Holocaust. He was the first pope to speak out against the Nazi regime, and he helped to save thousands of Jews from persecution.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Benedict XII ranks 176 out of 3,187. Before him are Teresa of Ávila, Pope Benedict IX, Pope Gregory XI, Agatha of Sicily, Pope Adrian I, and Pope Gregory X. After him are Hagar, Pope Celestine III, Barnabas, Pope Clement IV, Pope Boniface IX, and Pope Gregory VIII.

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Among people born in 1280, Pope Benedict XII ranks 2. Before him is Musa I of Mali. After him are Öljaitü, Pietro Lorenzetti, Michael Shishman of Bulgaria, Birger, King of Sweden, Blanche of Anjou, John Koukouzelis, Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg, Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Ugolino di Nerio, and Wu Zhen. Among people deceased in 1342, Pope Benedict XII ranks 1. After him are Charles I of Hungary, Marsilius of Padua, Anna of Trebizond, Robert III of Artois, Peter II of Sicily, Joan of Valois, Countess of Hainaut, Tini Beg, Guy I, Count of Blois, and Bartolomeo Gradenigo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pope Benedict XII ranks 134 out of 6,770. Before him are Pope Gregory XI (1370), Marie Thérèse of France (1778), François Hollande (1954), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Sully Prudhomme (1839), and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864). After him are Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Albert Schweitzer (1875), François Villon (1431), Charles VII of France (1403), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), and Hugh Capet (940).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Pope Benedict XII ranks 9. Before him are Pope Clement V (1264), Pope Urban V (1310), Pope Clement VI (1291), Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Innocent VI (1282), and Pope Gregory XI (1370). After him are Pope Clement IV (1190), Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Pope Callixtus II (1065), Pope Urban IV (1185), Pope Martin IV (1220), and Thérèse of Lisieux (1873).

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